Smokeless broiler.



J. F. GONNOLLY. SMOKELESS BROILEBH' APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

Application filed October 25, 1911. Serial No. 656,702.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JAMES F. .CoNNoLLr, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Smokeless Broilers, of which the following is a description. I Thisinve'ntion relates to cooking utensils and particularly to broilers for meat, fish,

etc.

Among the objects of my invention-may be noted the following: to provide a broiler which will be smokeless, that is, onewith which meat may be broiled without emitting odor, smoke, or fumes of cooking; to provide a broiler which will cook very rapidly sat- section of a form of my invention adapted for broiling, baking, toasting, etc.

Referring to the drawings, the umeral 1' indicates the hood or cover oi y device,

which is provided with a handle-extension 2,

at its forward end, said handle being formed by cutting the material of the cover along the lines 3 and turning up the portion constituting the said handle. The bottom of the cover is curled or beaded around its edge,

' as at 4, for strength and appearance.

The broiler, in the form shown in Figs.- 1, 2 and 3, is composed of the two barred sec tions 5, made as usual, each of which is provided (with a handle indicated by 6, one of the handles being longer than the other.

This double broiler section is made of bent wire so formed as to provide the handles, the longitudinal bars and the rear end joining portions, enabling one part to hinge upon the other. The cover 1 is secured to the broiler portion by means of a double swivel or hinge joint formed by providing the cover with a bracket 7, riveted at 8 to the center of the cover near its lower edge at its rear endg'as clearly Shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The bracket is offset. at 9, so as to make the lower portion thereof clear the body of the cover,

and said lower portion is provided with anelongated slot 10, and below the same witha e bar 11 to which is secured the loop 12, of a headed in 13 The body of said pin 13c tends rough the coils not the socketnoember 15 of the swivel connection; that is to say, the said socket-member 15 with its co ls 14, coupled with the headed pin 13, as

shown in Figs. 2 and 3, form a swivel'con-- nection between the cover and the broiler and the loop 12 of said pin, coupled with 1 the bar 11 of the bracket 7, form a hingeor pivotal connection betweenthe coverand the broiler. This double oonnectiom'for the sake of brevity in the claims, will be referred to as a double joint or double 'hinge,. or

double swivel connection. By thus joinmg the cover and broiler together the cover may be swung upon the broilerv because of the. connection 1112, or the broiler may be swung upon the cover when the device is inverted, and the broiler may be-reversed or turned over upon the connection 1315, as will be clear upon'inspecting Fig. 2. When the parts are in position for operation, they are held by means of the loop 16, which encircles the handles 6 of the broilerand handle 2 of the cover, the latter'handl'e resting upon the upper one of the broiler handles.

understood from the following: To insert the meat, the loop 16 is slid back upon the longer of the two handles 6 ,of the broiler, thus enabling the cover and the upper memher to be swung back. If, at any time it is desired to determine the progress being made in the cooking, the loop 16 ma be slid back suliiciently far upon the hand es 6 as to release the handlei2, thus enabling the cover to beturned back, as shown in Fig. 3. In this position, also, the: broiler. may be turned relatively to the cover by reason of the swivel-joint connection between the broiler and cover. When the meat has been sufficiently broiled and while the juice is The operation of the form of my inven tion shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3'will now be still dripping therefrom, the device, as I shown inFi 1,. may be inverted, thus allowing the uice to .dripinto the cover.

With the device in this position, the meat can be seasoned with condiments and butter,

thus producing a palatable gravy, which will drip into the cover; and, to hasten. the gravy-making, the device thus inverted can be placed in the oven, which will also keep the meat warm until ready to serve. Thus, a great deal of the juice of the meat usually wasted is saved and the latter is not removed from the broiler untilready to serve.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 4., the cover 1, having the handle 2, is hinged at 17 to a single broiler 18, that is, a broiler consisting of a single barred member having the extended handle 19, which may be secured to the handle 2 by the loop 20, to hold the cover and broiler member together. This form of my invention is found to be exceedingly useful for toasting, broiling and baking, and is slightly cheaper thanthe double broiler construction. In fact, the single broiler construction is equally useful as the double'broiler construction.

My invention as thus constructed, constitutes an outside oven and is smokeless, since the fumes, odors and va ors rising Within the cover will quickly nd a Way below the broiler section into the fire below, where they will be consumed, this being due to the heat and expansion of steam within the cover, which will set up a current having a tendency to escape in the downward direction through and around the bars of the broiler.

This device, owing to its uses and purposes as above set-forth, is veryuseful in light housekeeping, as well as in hotels and cafes, since a great many different things can be cooked thereon and meat and fish can be (lizept quite hot and juicy for a long pe- IlO Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent' is: a

. 1. A cooking utensil comprising a barred member and a domed cover member, each having a handle, means for holding the handles in cooperative relation, and means for hinging the two members together including a swivel connection.

2. A cooking utensil comprising a double broiler member betweenthe parts of which food may be held, a cover, and a double hinge connection between the cover and broiler member enabling the cover and broiler member to swing. relatively in one direction and the broiler member to swing relativel to the cover in another direction at a ri ht angle toythe direction of the movement first mentioned.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES F. CONNOLLY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. MoC. CHAPMAN, M. Hunsrrovrrz. 

